Overview: Microsoft Office 365 (O365) Migration

Minnesota State O365 Project Overview and Resources

Minnesota State has been transitioning all campuses to a shared Microsoft Office 365 academic environment for all students and employees. Microsoft Office 365 is a suite of cloud-hosted tools which includes the Office Productivity Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), email and calendar system (Outlook), and Skype for Business. This project also impacts the way employees and students log in and access resources.

After migration, students and employees who are actively affiliated with multiple Minnesota State institutions will be able to access their email, calendars, and other Office 365 resources from any location with a single account.

When will Metro State migrate to Minnesota State Office 365 Shared Tenant?

This outage may also affect a number of applications that leverage your O365 account for logging in, like: Office 365 Online, some features on the Service Portal, Gartner, Civitas, Campus Labs IDEA and Engage, Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning, Technology Services Chat/Remote Support, etc.

Office 365 Online/OneDrive Content Freeze October 25 - November 10

Personal files stored online in Office 365 Online/OneDrive will migrate, but changes between October 25 and November 10 will not (affects students collaborating online), it is recommended to save files locally during this time

Microsoft Teams and Groups will not migrate

It is recommended to download content prior to November 8 when they will no longer be available; information regarding new Microsoft Teams sites will be announced in the future

Students already affiliated with another Minnesota State institution will default to that institution’s email address (i.e. @go.minneapolis.edu)

Do I need to do anything to prepare for this migration?

Yes, there are several tasks that you will want to complete in order to prepare for migration. See our pre-migration checklist, watch your email for items from IT Communications, and stay tuned to our project page at http://www.metrostate.edu/O365 for further updates.